Signing petitions is a great way to make a difference in your community, country, and world.

Believe it or not, there are literally thousands of worthy petitions across the world wide web ready to be signed right now … by you.

What do you believe in? What do you stand for?

Support your cause and stand up for others by starting your own petition.

You may be asking yourself: Do petitions really work?

Do governments even acknowledge petitions anymore?

Are they useful at all?

The answer is yes, and you can be an activist.

The right to petition is actually protected in the first amendment. It is one of five freedoms bestowed upon every citizen of the United States of America.

The right to relgion

The right to free speech

The right to free press

The right to assembly

The right to PETITION

Petitions are the essence of democracy. It is our opportunity and right to air any grievances we have with our government.

If you have a problem with your government, talking to a friend about it around the water cooler or at the local tavern, will not result in any changes. You have to write it down on paper (or online) and obtain a number of signatures.

Petitions do indeed create change. Consider these instances:

In 1897, Hawaiians successfully petitioned the annexation of the Hawaiian islands.

More recently, on 2012, an organization petitioned to make cellphone blocking legal.

In November 2015, Taco Bell opted only to use eggs from cage-free chickens after a petition forced the franchise’s hand.

A month later, in December 2015, Congress was petitioned to extend healthcare to September 11 first responders. It passed!

Best of all, a group of angry citizens in Western New York petitioned plumbers in Cheektowaga to provide free estimates.

So how do you start a petition?

It used to be difficult, but these days, we’re happy to say, it can be quite easy. Many websites can actually assist you in producing a fully-functioning petition, as well as resources to help you get the word once you start your petition.

We recommend change.org. Plus, the U.S. government and European parliament both have petition sites as way to get your grievances directly to the source.

If you believe in something, if you want to see change, we suggest you sign a petition today or start one of your own.

To preserve biodiversity

They are home to an exceptional flora and fauna, including several endangered species. These include the

Iberian lynx (there are only 150 individuals in Portugal), and the Iberian imperial eagle (one of the most

endangered raptors, there are only 150 pairs in Spain and Portugal)…

The suberaies (Mediterranean oak forests) belong to one of the richest plant heritage in the world after the tropical Andes (up to 135 species per m2)

However, they could be threatened by urbanization and the abandonment of a sustainable management method (the traditional method of harvesting cork does not destroy the tree, but rather guarantees the renewal of this forest resource, because the cork naturally regenerates).

To fight against the greenhouse effect

Cork oak forests are excellent carbon sinks

Portugal’s cork oak forests alone sequester 4.8 million tonnes of CO2 / year, or 5% of the country’s emissions. They represent 32% of the global surface of suberaies.

The cork oak forests are maintained by those who live there, for the manufacture of cork stoppers for still wines and sparkling wines (70% of the economic production of a suberaie), and for the manufacture of insulation materials ecological and efficient.

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Talk about this petition to your friends . Small branches make big trees!

Our commitment

The professionals of Liège (the French Federation of Cork Trade Unions, the Portuguese Association of Cork, and the Cork Institute of America) undertake to finance the sustainable management or the planting of 1 cork oak tree every 6 signatures. To avoid a “symbolic” commitment and turn this petition into concrete action, we set ourselves a goal of 10,000 signatures, which corresponds to the maintenance of more than 1,500 trees.

A concrete restoration project, useful and urgent.

Our partner

The Mediterranean Institute of Cork (IML), an association that works on the planting and the maintenance of suberaies in the South of France. Your signatures will be transformed into a financing that will carry out a 7.5 hectare project.